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International Short Film Festival Berlin - DOCUMENTARY COMPETITION

The idea of a common thread running through history is tempting – but it quickly reaches its limits. Rather, a whole tapestry unfolds before us: we discover history as a chaotic web, a complex fabric, or sometimes even a tangled ball of wool.


Six films search for loose ends – or beginnings – and pull at them to connect what cannot be separated: the present and the past. Packing lists are written for friends in prison, dancing bodies seek post-Yugoslav or ‘Ostalgie’-inspired identities, and landscapes are surveyed that bear the scars of colonialism, military history and war.

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November 2026
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